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ALEXANDRE LEVY (1864 -1892)
PIANO WORKS - STUDY AND RECORDINGS
Romance sans Paroles (Feuilles d'Album)
The date of 1885 for the composition of the Romance sans paroles (Feuilles d'album) appears in the manuscript (https://acervolevy.com/) and in the localized editions (Irmãos Vitale – 1964 and Gazeta Artística Anno 1 n. 1, n.d.). However, the musicologist Arnaldo Senise indicates 1883. No dedication. It was Félix Mendelssohn who created the German title Lieder ohne Worte, whose French translation, Romance sans paroles, is used by Levy in this composition. The obvious reference to Mendelssohn suggests a possibly influential relationship. However, although it is possible to establish some parallels with similar pieces by the German composer, these are mainly confined to the texture of the piece. A manuscript with the title Je t’en prie, which comprises two pages of this work, was found in the Levy Collection – in loco, but not in the online search on the website. Musicologist Arnaldo Senise, probably by mistake, lists this title as a new work by Levy.
Júlio Pasquali
Júlio Pasquali was born in 1999 in São Paulo. He began his piano studies at age 11, and at 14 he entered the Escola de Música do Estado de São Paulo (EMESP – Tom Jobim). There he was supervised by Horácio Gouveia until 2018, when he went to Berlin and took classes with Yannick Rafalimanana. In 2019 he returned to São Paulo and resumed study with Horácio Gouveia. Since 2020, he prepares a bachelor's degree in piano at the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP) where he was supervised for two years by Luciana Sayure and is currently under the guidance of Eduardo Monteiro. He was a fellow at the 51st edition of the Campos do Jordão Winter Festival and participated in several masterclasses with artists such as Nikolai Lugansky, Kirill Gerstein, Cristian Budu, Vincent Balse, David Korevaar, Jerico Vasquez, Pedro Burmester and Mauricy Martin.
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